Ezra Levant spotlights Avi Yemini’s fight for press freedom in Australia and New Zealand, where police harassed Rebel News’ reporter—arresting him at a 2020 protest despite a media permit, then settling a lawsuit after he exposed their bias. Yemini highlights cases like Pastor Paul Falong’s unjust 17-day detention (14 in solitary) and police brutality against civilians, including his father at an election rally, contrasting it with leniency toward mainstream protests. His legal battles, including a six-figure defamation settlement, underscore Rebel News’ resistance to censorship, proving how governments weaponize law enforcement against truthful reporting while shielding establishment media. [Automatically generated summary]
I'm making my way back to Canada now after an amazing tour of Australia and New Zealand with our Australian Bureau Chief, Abi Yamini, in promotion of his book, A Rebel from the Start.
I want to remind you of some of the great work that Avi has done, really some of the best work Rebel News has ever published, in a compilation of the best of moments from Australia.
Also, remind you that we have had other reporters here in Australia, including a great team from Brisbane.
So tune in and if you can, get the video version of this podcast.
It's called the Ezra Levant Show.
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It's only eight bucks a month, which doesn't sound like a lot to you, I'm sure, but it's a lot to us because it really adds up when enough people chip in.
And we need that because we don't take any government money and it shows.
All right, here's today's podcast.
Tonight, the best of Rebel News Australia.
It's August 29th, and this is the Ezra Levant Show.
Shame on you, you censorious bug!
Arrested on Private Property00:15:25
I am in Melbourne, Australia.
In front of me is the eternal flame to this side, the pillar erected by Queen Elizabeth to commemorate the soldiers of Australian soldiers and the sailors and the airmen who died in the Second World War.
Behind me, the mighty shrine of remembrance built to commemorate the astounding effort made by the ANZAC Australia and New Zealand soldiers in the First World War.
It's a hallowed place.
It's an enormous place in the heart of the city, as I mentioned to you yesterday.
And I think it's an appropriate place to talk about freedom because it's the freedom that these men sacrificed their lives to protect.
That's been the theme of our coverage in Australia ever since we hired Abhi Yamini in the early days of the pandemic.
In fact, as I learned when I was on his book tour these last few days, we hired him, I believe it was on a September 3rd, 2020.
And at his first event for us, September 5th, he was arrested, not here, but nearby from here at a protest that started here and marched over, slammed to the ground by police and arrested.
It was to mark a series of events in that vein that would last, well, to this day.
Here, take a look at that fateful day in September, Aurelia's first assignment for us.
I rest or anything.
It was quite peaceful until I'm under arrest.
But this guy here is going to be placed under Earth right now.
Well, I'm under Earth.
I'm under Earth.
I'm media.
I am media.
I'm media.
I need that.
I've got my permit in my pocket.
My permit is in my pocket.
I'm fine.
I'm fine.
I've got my permit in my pocket.
I work for Rebel News.
I am lawfully here.
I've got my permit in my pocket.
My permit is in my pocket.
I'm fine.
I'm fine.
I've got my permit in my pocket.
I work for Rebel News.
I am lawfully here.
Can you grab that?
That's my mic over there.
Can you give it to my staff?
Mean this one.
Mean this one?
Can you grab the mic in the mic?
That was shocking.
You'll notice a few things there.
Avi's first response to being told he was arrested was to laugh.
He couldn't believe it.
He thought the cop was joking because Avi was standing next to a bunch of other reporters doing nothing wrong.
The second thing to know is that the police had been targeting Avi for months.
Whenever he would go to an event, they would arrest him or, more likely, just take him, throw him in the back of a police van, drive him 20 kilometers away, and let him run on the side of the road so he couldn't get back.
On the one hand, I can understand, even though I think it's atrocious, the police thought it's a lot easier to rough up this one guy than to stop hundreds of antifoots or to go through the hassle of having someone embarrassing the government with this freedom-oriented reportage.
But on the other hand, yeah, what they were doing to him was completely illegal.
And one of the things, as you know, Rebel News does is we stand up for the civil rights of our journalists.
And we sued the police on behalf of Avi.
And it was a great victory for Avi, for us, and for all Australians when we received this settlement from the police in Victoria State, apologizing to Avi and confirming that, yes, what he was doing was legitimate reporting.
It was an important moment.
Now, the police continued to hassle Avi and even arrested his bodyguard, for which they also later apologized.
It's been an interesting battle because all we want to do at Rebel News is report, but police and other actors sometimes make us have to fight for the right to report.
The state we're in is called Victoria.
There's another state in Australia called Queensland, both named after the same queen, Queen Victoria.
There is a kinship between our two countries, and there's a kinship between Avi's style here in Australia and what we do in Canada.
And I am actually recording this before I'm about to go on a very long journey home.
And so, what I'm going to leave you with today is the best of Avi Yamini and the best of our Australian coverage.
I'll also show you a couple of videos done by other journalists who were based in Brisbane who've done work for us.
But mainly, I want to show you Avi, the one-man army, standing up for journalistic principles and freedom of speech.
So, I'll see you back in the office tomorrow.
Here's Avi and the best of Australia.
Even Black Man and Right to protest.
Luke Cornelius said so.
Are you going to talk about the tonight?
No, I'm sorry.
Here we go.
Yeah, feel me.
So, why are you targeting the media, mate?
Because they're just the worst, man.
They're just so bad.
You know her?
What's your name?
I don't know.
I don't know.
I know the other one that was a liar.
I asked her, Are you going to be more honest today?
How do you feel about Black Lives Matter not getting this kind of response when there were less cases of coronavirus today?
Are you going to report that?
Are you going to show the contrast?
Nah, that's the fake news.
Remember, huh?
Like, things have escalated this afternoon as you call me and see.
I'm going to have to throw it back to you.
She wasn't happy with me asking if she's going to report the truth today because she's obviously seen where we got her last time, where we exposed her as the lying lame stream media.
She really is an embarrassment to journalism.
I got arrested and fired, and then like she gives me like a two-minute interview, and I just like laid into a Cornado Media Organization for just spreading fear and hate and lies.
You reckon they're going to run that?
Absolutely not.
Excuse me, how are you gonna run his?
Are you gonna run it?
His?
His interview today.
Can we grab it?
Oh, just imagine how surprised I was to find out that night she didn't run his interview.
A piece of journalism that probably deserved some airtime.
Instead, she ran with this.
Many channeling Trump's America.
Wearing the signature red caps.
Hopefully she will tell the truth.
What I think that you need to show tonight on Channel 9 is the contrast between the Black Lives Matter and today.
There were four cases on Black Lives Matter Day.
Are you going to report that?
Four cases on the day that Black Lives Matter had tens of thousands running on the street.
Today, zero cases.
There's been four days of zero cases and this is the police response.
So unless Channel 9 tonight runs that footage alongside each other like we will do at Rebel News, they are fake news.
You're saying I'm not accredited media.
Your accredited media pass issued by Victoria Police.
Victoria Police actually told us that they've cancelled.
Your accredited media pass issued by Victoria Police.
So, Victoria Police told us...
Cover your nose and your mouth.
No, no, no.
So wait, so you're saying if I have an accredited media pass by Victoria Police, I don't have to cover my nose and mouth while talking on the microphone.
What you're saying is you are not accredited media.
By Victoria Police.
I am accredited to media, not by Victoria Police.
Victoria Police told us they cancelled.
Victoria Police told us they cancelled the program.
Accredited media by Victoria Police, put your mask over your nose and your mouth.
No, no, no, hold on.
Over your nose and your mouth.
Thank you.
No, no, hold on.
No.
You know what?
Come, arrest me if I'm not accredited, if I'm not accredited.
You must cover your nose and your mouth.
Not when you're reporting on the microphone.
That is not an excuse to tell.
What is the reason for not wearing a mask?
Because I'm talking on my, doing my job as media.
My name, Avraham Yimini.
Abraham, he's saying here that now I am not accredited media, so that's why while doing my job, while doing my job, yeah, I do.
I'm complying.
Don't worry about that.
You're going to need to move on, John.
I'm getting it.
No, I'm not moving on.
I'm doing my job.
I'm media.
This is my job.
Where's your media ticket?
What do you mean, media ticket?
I need to have a media pass.
No, you don't.
You actually do not need a media pass to come to protest.
No.
Victoria Police said that they're not issuing them anymore.
Send me a ticket, mate.
That's okay.
It's time for you to move on.
I'm not moving on.
I'm here to do my job.
You can't pick who the media is in this country.
You don't get to decide.
Not moving on.
Not moving.
Capture this.
So they're arresting me now here because they say they don't deem me as media because Victoria Police is saying.
Victoria Police say that they need to issue me with one of their press cards.
They get to decide who's pressed.
And the funny thing is, I'll put on the screen now, the Victoria Police Media Department said they've cancelled that program to our lawyers.
They no longer do it, so they're not issuing it.
So right now, these thugs, right now, they think this is communist China where they could tell you which media is legitimate, which isn't.
Who's going to arrest me?
On Friday night at about 8.30pm, police visited my home to hand deliver a letter from the Assistant Commissioner warning me not to attend any lockdown protests the following day.
On your list tonight is Channel 7, 9 or 10?
I haven't gone through the entire list, mate.
Do you mind looking at the list and letting us know?
I think the public is not going to be able to do that.
Public would like to know if you're going to channel 9 and 10.
Yeah.
Shame on you.
Trying to intimidate journalists.
While I was out doing my job, I thought I'd take the opportunity to ask mainstream media journalists there if they'd received the same visit.
Watch and share what happened.
How are you doing?
I'm part of the communications team just letting you know this is private property and the filming zone is on.
Where's all the media here at the moment?
The Pepper Wolf.
Oh, we'll go to that side.
Yeah.
Thank you.
What's going on, guys?
You're not allowed to film here, they told us.
You're in there.
Can I ask you, did Vic Pob visit you last night and warn you not to come in?
I'm not saying anything, no.
Did you get just a simple question?
Did they come to your house and warn you not to come?
No?
What do you think that is?
Why do you think they come to me and not to you?
Channel, I know.
I don't know her.
She might be good.
I'm not saying there's anything bad, but that's the point.
I just want to double check if they went to the mainstream media, but there's a reason.
They obviously tow the government's line.
They don't tell the other side of the story.
She didn't get a visit last night from Victoria Police.
I did.
It's interesting, though, that they came to my house, not yours.
Why, why?
Is my reporting so much more offensive than hers?
No.
No.
It's a same.
It's a sane?
No, don't.
That's offensive.
G'day, Commissioner.
Start recording.
Can I give a personal message?
Go ahead, mate.
See you in court.
Honestly, you've never gotten in trouble for featuring in my videos either.
You've never gotten in trouble.
I know.
The amount of police.
It's mad.
There's one good copper, though.
Trust me, one copper you need to talk to.
He's holding the camera over there.
Legend.
There's no news nights about you hanging out with us.
You know what?
You rate better than anyone.
So we're actually looking forward to when he joins Rebel News and this footage is put to actual good use.
Well, my officer is still waiting for how much it pays, remember?
You haven't gone back to us yet?
How much do you want?
It comes with a security guard.
When Victoria Police run out of our state money, tax dollars dry up because business is dead, and he loses his job, he's going to be joining us.
So just leave him alone.
Good boy.
Yeah, we won't bother him.
I'm going to ask you, did you catch another angle of his arrest?
We might need it for court.
I wasn't working, remember?
It wouldn't have happened on your watch.
If you asked the other operator about me and he said I wasn't working, so you must have missed me, mate.
Did you miss my dude?
I literally just did a pointer camera where I said, the best thing for Victoria Police is you.
You zinc, still.
You Zionist, Greg Oscar.
Come, let's talk.
Let's have a chat.
I like people who don't like me.
Where are you, brother?
Which one?
Hey, bro.
Let's talk about it.
You want to talk about Moses?
I don't want to.
What are you afraid of?
I don't want to talk to you.
Do you know what I'm talking about?
You want to shout at me?
I don't like it.
Yeah, I do.
So what's your problem with me?
I think you're a Zionist.
I am a Zionist.
Do you know what a Zionist is?
I think I do, but can you tell me what you're doing?
No, no, but you're saying you don't like me because I'm a Zionist, but you don't know what a Zionist is.
Well, I think I know what it is, but what do you think it is?
So tell me, I know what it is because I am one.
So you're calling me one with a negative connotation.
I want to talk to a Zionist.
What's a Zionist?
What's his honest?
Don't know.
He's our security.
He's our security.
What?
What is our security?
He's working with us.
You've arrested our security.
You've arrested our security.
We're not going to tolerate that.
We're not going to tolerate that.
That's our guide.
Come around here.
Come around the side.
No, you've taken our security.
You've taken our security.
So, come, come back.
They've taken our security and we're here.
We need to wait for our security.
Just go around here.
Around here.
So they've just arrested our security, violently arrested our security on the job.
They haven't done that to Channel 9, Channel 7, Channel 10, SPS, APC, who are all here with security.
Our security guard.
They violently tackled.
Can I talk to you who's in charge?
Look at him.
They've got Daniel on the ground who is here as our licensed security guard.
Who came here licensed working.
And I told you guys at the time that he was working security.
Look at what they've got.
Capture it.
That's fine.
Capture it.
This is police brutality in Melbourne, mate.
That's uncalled for.
He's a security guard working on the job.
Did you do that to Channel 9?
Did you do that to Channel 7?
Did you do that to SPS and ABC?
My members are trying to do it.
Arrested Security Guard00:06:12
And he's not an offender.
He's not an offender.
He's my security guard.
He's my security guard.
So you realise they arrested my security guard.
Are you okay with that?
I've made it clear and he made it clear he was on the job and you've arrested him while doing his job.
You didn't do that to Channel 9, 7 and 10.
I've made it clear that's the one that was in charge.
So when this goes to court, it's going to be clear.
They've been told numerous times that he's on the job.
Look at that.
Treating him like a criminal, not here to protest.
Oh, here we go.
The lawyer's on the line.
Hi, Madeline.
So they violently have arrested my security who made it clear he was security.
What should I do?
They've got him.
Can the lawyer talk to someone?
Who can the lawyer do?
His lawyer's on the phone here.
What's up there?
There you have it.
All good, my government accreditation.
Also signed off by a Victoria Police Protective Service officer.
But as I approached the garden where the rest of the media were waiting for the press conference to begin, a different group of PSOs suddenly surrounded and stopped me.
On a Parliament grounds, in the interest of security and good order of Parliament.
Sorry?
In the interest of security and good order of Parliament as an authorised officer under the Parliamentary Precincts Act, we're asking him to leave.
Hold on, so I want to understand.
So, this is a press conference, the media is...
In the interest of security and good order of power...
It's not calling it China.
You can't shut down certain media.
Let's go.
Hold on.
What's your name?
You know who I am.
I'm asking you to leave.
On what grounds?
As an authorised officer under the Parliamentary Precincts Act.
In the interest of security.
Is there a public order?
Is there a press conference here now?
Yeah.
So, am I pressed?
This is my press card.
It's fine, but I've just told you under the...
You can't, it's not coming in, it's China.
You can't shut down media that is.
I'm not having a conversation with the government.
I've not had a conversation with you now.
That's okay.
I've asked you to leave.
I'm here for the press conference, just like all the other media.
So I decided I'll put him on to the lawyer after she reviewed the legislation herself.
Just watch this.
So what is the belief?
Well, I believe on reasonable grounds that he will be disrupt.
He may disrupt the press conference.
So I'm not going to.
Those grounds, I'm exercising my powers as an authorised officer under the Parliamentary Precincts Act.
in the interests of security, in good order to ask him to leave.
If he refuses to leave, he may...
Do I need to quote it at me?
I've got it in front of me.
But what are the reasonable grounds that you've faced that belief on?
That he may disrupt the press conference and that he's also not been invited to these press conferences and the Premier's PA doesn't want him here at the conferences.
So really.
They're the reasons.
Okay, and have you got a direction?
Sorry?
Have you been given a direction yourself to remove him?
No, no, I've an authorised officer, so I'm giving that direction.
I don't want to arrest him nor physically forcibly remove him, which I have the power to do.
I'm just asking if he can leave now.
And where's the boundaries that this journalist can't?
So the authorised officers of the parliament is banning a journalist they don't like, the government doesn't like.
What thing did I do with her husband?
I did one report on him.
No, it had been really nasty between you two.
Where show?
You guys have been like trolling each other.
Show me one post that I wrote about her husband.
Anything, anything.
Show me.
One.
You were having a crack at him.
He was certainly having a crack at you.
Okay, you didn't write that.
You wrote that we were having a stouch.
I've never posted about it.
You showed me two.
Never posted about him.
Not once.
Show me one time.
Not once.
Not once, bro.
Show me.
Show me one post I've ever posted about him.
One.
I did one story.
You're here saying it's all one way.
It was one way.
He had this, he was very...
Mate, it was one way.
It was one way.
It was one way.
I never posted about him once.
Not even once.
Not once.
If you can show me, you see, you went on his word, on the word of a crook.
No, no, no, I went on the just what was online.
Show me online then.
Show me online.
One post.
It might have been in her rib, too.
But anyway, pick up.
In a what?
In her statement of time.
So not once.
I did one report on them, not on that little fundraiser thing that they did.
But that's it.
Okay?
Never.
No stouch.
One way.
Yes, for a year he was targeting me.
They claim I'm fake news.
I'm showing you here where this is clear fake news.
But it is.
It is.
You say a stouch.
I never posted about him once.
On the payroll of a Canadian-based altruist website.
It's like, what does that mean, man?
Whatever.
That's less fake than the rest of it.
It's a way to frame it.
It's a way to frame it.
Well, but it's also, it justifies why I call you.
Yeah, it justifies your fake news.
What about it?
I put it up.
Did you not see it?
He took it off.
The job offer video.
What video was it?
What was the video on?
It was a protest.
When Vic Pohl have to let him go, he's got a job with Rebel News.
No, but I have got him for the paper.
No, I don't put anything in writing anymore.
I think it's just not on Facebook or YouTube because they got rules around.
Maybe someone said something anti-COVID in it and they pull those off.
But it's on all the other places.
It's still got probably a few hundred thousand views.
So you got witnesses.
You got witnesses.
Did you get in trouble for it?
I don't know.
Do you want a job too?
And I'm the Jewish one.
I'm the Jewish one and he goes straight for pay.
I reckon with your experience at protests we can work something out.
I love how he laughs.
You're a funny guy.
I got that on the record.
I'm funny.
He wants to work for us.
He just wants to know how much pay.
Tracy, you think you can come into Melbourne, the place that we have protests for Indigenous rights, for Black Lives Matter, for women's rights, and you think you can come onto Flinders Street steps and interview people.
Please, Please Understand00:06:12
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
You're not a civilisation.
You're a fascist.
We're here for the veterans.
Are you going to respect the veterans?
I'm not interested in your Australian bullshit, mate.
Logical crap is about justifying Australia and justifying the project of white Australia.
These guys aren't allowed to march on Anzac Day, but Black Lives Matter.
Your people, Black Lives.
Your Black Lives Matter.
I'll go here so you don't have to be behind him.
You guys can march 50,000 people for Black Lives Matter, but you will not let vets who fought for your freedom to be able to talk the absolute garbage you're speaking right now.
The garbage you're spewing here on Melbourne Street.
You can speak out because of these heroes.
This man here has fought.
He's basically sacrificed his entire life for your freedom.
For your freedom to talk the absolute garbage that you're speaking right now.
He's fought.
The local Indian restaurant here has teamed up with a friend in Baronia. to basically give Daniel Andrews an opportunity to stand with their industry.
They don't want to break the law.
What they're saying to Mr. Andrews is by Monday night announce an opening of their industry of either half capacity or in their case 50 seats to make the business viable, to make the industry viable.
Daniel Andrew, as a Premier, please listen to us.
You know, I have sent him so many emails, so many phone calls, never heard anything back from him.
So this is the second shop Layla's kitchen in Baronia opening on Monday night from 5.30.
They're taking bookings now because they're saying, just like in Daniel, Monday night they are opening, but they are pleading with Daniel Andrews to get on board.
We've been suffered enough.
We've been literally living off little or no cash flow for so many months.
And you know, I request government to use some common sense.
We're going to be waiting for the Monday.
I hope that I don't have to take any illegal point, but Monday is the time.
If he doesn't give me the green light, we're going to go ahead.
That's the green light from our side.
Please listen to us.
Make the changes to the roadmap, what you're offering us.
But it is the time to open up the state, save the economy.
Please, please, this is our humble request to you guys.
It's nothing against the government, but please, just do that, something for us.
But unlike in my case, an apology was not what Daniel was after.
He was looking for justice and he got it in the form of six figures.
It finally has settled.
It has.
How do you feel about it?
Very happy.
Look, as far as the actual settlement goes, I couldn't be happier.
It vindicates that I was in the right, that I have done the right thing.
And I'm hoping between that and this video that it will help restore my professional reputation that I feel was tarnished at the time due to the actions of Victoria Police.
Rebel viewers at the time, they were outraged because I was being targeted.
I took them to court.
You could see in the video they purposely passed me and went for you.
And that outraged our viewers again who were more than happy, one, to fight your fine, and then two, go on the offensive and sue the police, sue the heck out of the police.
What do you want to say to those supporters that made it happen?
I want to say thank you to them.
Their support really meant quite a lot.
Your support, Rebel News' support, Rebel News Australia's support.
Couldn't have done it without everybody.
I'd like to thank Ezra.
I got to meet him personally and that was great as well.
It was just really good and couldn't have done it without the support of the viewers really who have been the people who have really made this happen.
I've your mini here for Rebel News in Melbourne, Australia.
Behind me is the Metropolitan Remand Centre, which within half an hour we're expecting Pastor Paul Falong to finally be released.
Thanks to every one of you who helped donate his legal defence at savepastorpaul.com.
It's not too late.
There is a big bill because we did it.
Over two weeks the pastor has spent in this jail for the alleged crime of inciting church.
Police came in in the middle of the night, grabbed him and put him in here.
I've got to tell you this, I know there's thousands of people at home that are looking at you and they're looking past that beard you've grown there.
never looked so scruffy in 30 years.
Two and a half, what is it, two and a half weeks in jail?
17 days, yeah.
17 days, 14 days in solitary confinement and the rest in with the rest of the boys those last few days.
How you feeling?
It's really, really good to be out.
Amazing to see my wife.
I really want to thank everyone that has been praying for me.
I was singing a great hymn just actually they got to know me for singing every day.
I sang hymns and songs for my longest time was two and a half hours and so that was just quite amazing.
But an old hymn I was singing, so I'll carry the old rugged cross and exchange it one day for a crown.
I know you're somebody that has not been in jail at all.
In fact I was in court today and they were talking about all the good deeds you've done, not only in Australia but around the world.
How was your experience in jail?
Well it was certainly an experience, no doubt about it.
I think what was amazing and what in fact you know dare I say it was an absolute blessing was the opportunity that God gave me to get on my knee with over a dozen men and many of them in tears and leading them in a prayer to surrender their lives to God.
Come on, talk to me about the help honey.
Well the stuff that you're spinning is just what do I say that's wrong?
A lot of things my friend.
Give me one example.
Look I can but not right here on the spot.
Oh no take your time.
Police Brutality Claims00:03:01
Well the way the way the way you portray the police in Melbourne to be like out there wanting to get people and that people can't even walk around without the police attacking them and all that, that's not correct.
If you go to a lot of places around the world you will see and that goes back a long long long time where police are unnecessarily harsh, unnecessarily violent.
Can you agree that they haven't been, you're saying they haven't been unnecessarily violent in Melbourne?
Look, there have probably been cases where there has been unnecessarily undue violence.
So do you want me to stop reporting that?
No, but it's like you emphasise it and you sort of, I mean, look, to be honest, you know, not, shouldn't stop reporting anything that happens, right?
But, you know, the way you spin it, it looks like it's like a huge problem in Melbourne.
It's not.
Have you seen?
You should appreciate what we really have here.
And, you know, the police have to go through a lot of stuff as well, you know, to be able to do their job.
They get a lot of shit.
And they've got to do their job.
And if somebody tries to get past them, they have to say, listen, mate, you need to go back.
And if they don't, in the end, they have to forcefully do something.
That's no big deal.
It's been like that forever.
So I don't think we disagree.
If that's how you feel, that's how I feel.
You know what I love more than anything?
It's good cops.
I don't have a problem.
Listen, I used to be someone that would say back the blue, defend them no matter what.
But what I have witnessed.
I don't want to say that, but I was like that.
What I'm saying to you is what I have witnessed is not what you describe.
What I have witnessed, and in fact, what I have had done to myself is not what you describe.
I have seen police brutality on our streets.
I have witnessed them either attack others or myself as a journalist even being taken to the ground.
Now, you can say that that's not a normal occurrence.
Yes, nobody's arguing that not in lockdown you can walk down the street and most cops are not going to deck you.
They're not going to.
And there are a lot of cops that have, you know, their heart is hopefully in the right place.
There are certainly right now these extended powers that some of them are abusing and are abusing in a fashion that's unacceptable that you should not be okay with.
We're just walking around the park, we just live around the corner.
Walking around the park and then we decided to take a seat, have some tea.
Well basically when they asked her for her details she didn't give them and then basically what they did was they pulled her to the ground and I took on my phone and started filming it.
They pushed me away saying I need to clear the area.
Instinct said no I've got to protect my partner so we went together.
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You were just sitting here.
They just came and sat with us and they were just walking in the park and then the lady didn't want to give her details so they all jumped on her so I don't know.
They asked them what are you doing?
I said well we're drinking, we're gonna be exercising but we're sitting down to drink tea.
He goes they said but you're not exercising she goes no we're having tea now.
Are the cops still talking to her?
Yeah.
Okay.
So you once you gave them your details I let you go.
Yeah they said you might get a summons for yumi hindering the police.
Just come to sit down and like we're like what the hell's going on here?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So you witnessed what actually happened and they were just sitting here.
We were talking to them, we just met them.
The lady said we normally run jog at night but we can't do it anymore at night so we exercise during the day now.
And that was it and then I don't know what happened because I was talking to my daughter and all of a sudden they grabbed her and I chucked her out the floor.
There you are, how you doing?
So are you alright?
No, I've got a penalty.
What was a penalty for?
Sorry, do you mind if I look at it?
So it says fail to comply stay at home direction, but you live here.
I live just around the corner.
Australia Day celebrations today to allow them to march.
Hey, what a mask on.
Hold on, you want me to put on a mask?
Why are you rallying?
You harassed my dad at an election.
Is it time to harass me now?
You literally walked up to me.
Even before you had clout, you were just so aggressive and condescending and it's like, what are you trying to project, you know?
You're the one aggressive here today?
Yeah.
Advocating tolerance and love and acceptance.
They seem to be projecting a lot of white privilege on a person of colour.
How does it feel to be the only person of colour here?
The only one?
Well, like, one of them.
I'm pretty sure there's more than just me.
There's me too.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
It starts with the inadequate resourcing and funding of those communities, the support and services that white or the general population get in abundance.
Are you kidding me?
The Indigenous community get far more funding than any other group.
That's absolutely not true.
Come, you want to talk about it?
No.
How does that make you feel?
How do you feel being here?
I love it.
This is my country.
You're projecting a lot of white privilege onto me.
Let me ask you something.
What are you here because of your fucking track record, mate?
What are you here to protest?
I'm not going to harass you like I have.
I'm not going to be the emotion of Australia Dave.